{"id":13700,"date":"2026-05-25T14:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/25\/heavy-rain-flash-floods-baghlan-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:30:20","slug":"heavy-rain-flash-floods-baghlan-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/25\/heavy-rain-flash-floods-baghlan-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Rain Triggers Flash Floods Again in Baghlan, Affecting Vulnerable Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy rains in Baghlan province have once again caused flash floods, affecting families who have not yet recovered from the consequences of previous floods. This incident has occurred while many residents in the affected areas continue to struggle with a shortage of basic necessities.<\/p>\n<p>The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced that its teams have been immediately deployed to the affected areas in cooperation with operational partners to assess the urgent needs of families. These assessments are focused on identifying immediate needs such as shelter, food, and healthcare services.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, relief efforts are ongoing in the provinces of Baghlan and Balkh, which have previously experienced flooding. Both provinces are located in northern Afghanistan and have repeatedly faced similar natural disasters in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Relief organizations have emphasized that rapid response to immediate needs and sustained support for affected families are critical to preventing the escalation of the humanitarian crisis in these areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy rains cause flash floods again in Baghlan, Afghanistan, impacting families still recovering from earlier floods. Relief efforts are underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}